exatovsexaustoConfusable pair

Which to use

“exato” and “exausto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,642
“exato” frequency rank
#19,989
“exausto” frequency rank
24631
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exato exausto
Definition o que não tem erro ou qualquer falta que se exaustou

Letter map: exato vs exausto

Shared letters muted; letters that set exato and exausto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. exato runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against exausto's 7 (VCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
exato
7 ch
exausto

Spelling & dictionary notes on exato vs exausto

exato and exausto are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exato is recorded at frequency rank #4,642, classified as anadj, pronounced /i.ˈza.tu/. exausto is at rank #19,989, tagged as anadj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 24631, this pair ranks #44,931 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exato vs exausto

Shared letters: aeotx. Private to "exato": -. Private to "exausto": su.

"exato" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "exausto" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exato ← eaxto · exaot · exatto · extao · exxato · xeato
  • exausto ← eaxusto · exasuto · exausot · exaussto · exaustto · exautso · exuasto · exxausto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exato" and "exausto" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "exato" or "exausto"?
"exato" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,642 in our Portuguese list, against #19,989 for "exausto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "exato" vs "exausto" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exausto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,931 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exato" and "exausto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exaustivo vs exausto". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #44,931 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list